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‘They Seized the Opportunities’: A New London Exhibition Tells the Remarkable Stories of the Women of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement

Why have there been no great women Pre-Raphaelites? Well, it turns out there were quite a few. The first exhibition to focus on the women behind the movement that took Victorian Britain by storm ...
Artnet

Who Is Fanny Eaton? The Jamaican Model Who Inspired the Pre-Raphaelites Is the Latest Art-World Figure to Get a Google Doodle

The Google Doodle for November 18 honors Fanny Eaton, a muse to the Pre-Raphaelites who helped redefine Victorian standards of beauty. Born in Jamaica on June 23, 1835, Eaton moved to London in the ...
MutualArt.com

How the Pre-Raphaelite “Stunners” Became Market Stalwarts

Natalie Hegert on the real-life women who inspired some of the 19th century’s most enduringly popular art — set to star in July auctions. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lady Lilith, 1867, watercolor ...
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From the Perspective of the Model: Elizabeth Siddal and Christina Rosetti

Dante Gabriel Rosetti was a pre-Raphaelite painter known for his portraiture and figure paintings. One model frequently seen in his works was Elizabeth Siddal. She was one of the most notable models ...
Hyperallergic

Pre-Raphaelite Women Don't Quite Get Their Due

LONDON — In 2019, museums ostensibly wrote women back into art history. In London we saw Dora Maar (Tate Britain), Lee Krasner (Barbican), and Dorothea Tanning (Tate Modern) all step out from behind ...